Pen-ejecting penholder.



No.V 720,236. v PATENTED FB. 10.1903.

B. B. GOLDSMITH.

PEN EJEGTING PENHOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAB. 1o, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

BYRON B. GOLDSMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PEN-EJl-:CTING PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 720,236, dated February 10, 1903.

Application med Merch 1o, 1902. serial No. 97,539. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it m/ay concern:

Be it known that 1, BYRON B. GoLDsMITH, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its obj ect the production of a penholder in which the pen may be ejected by grasping a device at its front end and by moving it to eject the pen, which device may and preferably has a shape which will enable it to afford a rest for the penholder and prevent its rolling when laid upon a desk or table.

In ejecting-penholders previously-made the movable ejecting device is on the outside of the holder. This as a rule gives to the ejecting-penholder a different appearance from that of the ordinary non-ejecting penholder, and this was objectionable to users. By means of my invention the appearance of the outer form and the continuity of the surface of the penholder are preserved and the moving mechanism is all hidden from view, but is connected with a push-piece in front ofthe holder, which alone is visible and which is not suggestive of mechanism, since it may serve useful purposes irrespective of its use in ejecting the peu.

To this end my invention consists in a penholder formed with a iiXed sleeve at its forward end surrounding a bore or longitudinal recess and an ejecting device moving within the recess and having a push-piece secured thereto located in front of the sleeve'. This fixed sleeve may be in one piece with the body of the penholder or it may be separate therefrom, but rigidly securedthereto.

In the drawings, Figure l' shows my pen-l holder in perspective. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the same, on an enlarged scale, with the parts in position for use. Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section of the same with the pen ejected. Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal section of a modified form in which the iixed sleeve is not in one piece with the holder, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified detail of construction.

The penholder A may be made of any desired material, such as wood or plastic material. It is provided with a longitudinal recess or bore in its forward end, the walls of which are formed bya sleeve D. This recess is preferably of cylindrical but may be of annular form. In this recess is rigidly secured the slotted tube or pen-carrier B. (Shown in Fig. 2.) This is done by providing the tube B with an axially-extending ange at its inner end, through an aperture l in which is passed a screw F to secure the Itube B to the holder A. The ejector C is provided with indentations O C2 and with a push-piece or push-piece and pen-guard O3 at its forward end, which push-piece is located in front of the end ofthe sleeve D. The pushpiece C5 may be secured to the ejector C by .the iiange C4 by solder or in any other suitcommon'types of non-ejecting penholders,

this being due to the factV that the ejector,

ieXcept for its .push-piece, is entirely hidden within the recess in the forward end of the penholder, which recess is formed within or is bounded by the ixed sleeve D. The pushpiece O3, as before indicated, may be made of the shape indicated in Figs. l and 2, in which case it will serve asa rest for the penholder when the same is laid upon the table and as a rest for the Iingers of the operator in writing. It is to be understood, however, that Vany construction which permits the fingers of the operator to grasp or act upon the ejector O to move it to eject a pen is a push-piece within my meaning.

The operation of the penholder shown in Figs. l and 2 will be obvious without further description. In order to eject the pen G, the operator grasps the push-piece O3 and pushes or pulls it away from the body of the holder, whereby the indentation C will act against the rear end of the pen, which normally rests between the tube B and the ejector O, to eject the-pen.

In Fig. 4: I have shown the fixed sleeve D in a separate piece from the body of the holder, and 'I use the term fixed sleeve7 to cover IOO both the construction in which the sleeve is integral with the body of the holder and the construction in which it is separate therefrom but rigidly united thereto. The holder A is formed with a tenen A'. Rigidly secured to this tenon A' is a structure composed of a slotted tube or pencarrier B, the short collar or reinforcement E and the sleeve D form-- ing a longitudinal recess in the forward end of the holder. These parts-the sleeve D, collar E, and tube B-are rigidly secured to each other and to the tenon A by glue, solder, or rivets or any other proper fashion. The sleeve D thus becomes fixed to the penholder and acts as if it were made in one piece with the same, just as in the construction of Figs. l and 2.

In the construction shown in Fig. 4 the sleeve D is of rubber or cork, the collar E and slotted tube B are of metal, and the tenon A is of wood, so that appropriate securing means, such as solder for the metal part and glue or cement or a rivet for the wood joint, should be employed. rl`he collar E, which intervenes between the tube B and the sleeve D, secures an annular space between the forward portions of the tube B and the sleeve I), in which the pen and ejector may lie. The same resultmay be secured by making the tubeBwith an enlargement at the rear end or, what is the sanne thing, as a single ferrule formed with an offset, as shown in Fig. 5. The pencarrier or tube B is formed with a slot B', which may extend to the outer end of the tube, and with a slot B2, which stops short of the outer end, thus forming a stop B3. Sliding in the annular space between the slotted tube B and the sleeve D there is an ejecting device or tube C, formed with a spur or indentation C, which engages the slot B, and another spur or indentation O2, which engages the slot B2. The indentation C/ engages back of the pen C to eject it upon the forward motion of the ejecting device, and the indentation C2 moves in the slot B2 to coact with the stop B3 to prevent the ejecting device from being completely withdrawn from the penholder. Instead of the indentations C C?, which I prefer, I may use other constructions to answer the same purpose. Manifestly, too, I may have the ejector C slide on the inside of the slotted tube B. Rigidly secured by solder or by the flange C4 to the front of the ejecting-tube C is a push-piece C3. This push-piece is preferably given a form which will enable it to act as a rest for the holder when the same is laid upon a desk or table; but while this is advantageous it is not essential.

The operation of the construction shown in Fig. 4 in ejecting a pen is similar to that already described for Fig. 2.

' It will thus be seen that I produce both in Figs. 2 and 4 an ejecting-penholder in which the ejecting mechanism is hidden within a recess in the forward end 'of the holder, so that my ejecting-penholder does not materially differ in appearance from the non-ejecting types now in use.

What I claim is- 1. An ejecting-penholder having a xed sleeve at its forward end forming a longitudinal recess, and an ejecting device, moving within the recess, and having a push-piece located in front of the sleeve, substantially as described.

2. An ejecting-penholder having a fixed sleeve at its forward end forming alongitudinal recess, a fixed pen-carrier and a movable ejecting device mounted within the recess and a push-piece on the end of the ejecting device located in front of the sleeve, substantially as described.

3. An ejecting-penholder having a longitudinal recess at its forward end, a slotted pen-carrier fixed within the recess, an ejecting device within the recess moving with relation to the carrier and having parts taking within the slots of the carrier, and a pushpiece carried by the ejector, substantially as described.

4. An ejectingpenholder having a fixed sleeve at its forward end forming a longitudinal recess, a pen-carrier xed within the recess, a tubular eject-ing device coperating with the pen-carrier to hold the pen in p'osition for use and a push-piece on the ejecting device located in front of the sleeve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BYRON B. GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses:

C. E. FINN, M. MADIGAN.

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